- present tense form of grit (3rd person singular).
grits
Example Sentences
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Moving the rock through finer and finer grits is time-consuming, strenuous and not always rewarding.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Ms. Lakshmi serves it on a bed of traditional Southern cheesy grits and suggests chowchow pickles, an old-time relish, as a side.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
You’ll want clamps of various sizes to hold pieces together while drilling or assembling, along with sandpaper in a range of grits.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
He married those influences with a deep love for South Carolina Lowcountry cuisine like shrimp and grits, fried fish and hoppin’ John.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Since they had married, it was a point of honor between them that Lillian serve grits and Bull refuse to eat them.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing grits
World Cuisine - Introductory
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